Fleet Assistant (Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire)

EMED Group; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 33,062,000 - 37,195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Assurance

Sick pay

GP Consultation

2nd opinion medical support

Hospital cash plan

Cash-plan benefits

Mental health consultations

Physiotherapy consultations

Legal advice

Retirement planning guidance

Long Service Leave recognition

Internal Recognition Scheme

Refer a Friend rewards

EMED foundation

Pension scheme

Blue Light Card

Uniform provided

Employee Assistance Programme

Flu vaccination

Job summary

EMED Group is seeking an Ambulance Fleet Assistant to join our team in Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire, covering Thurmaston, Kibworth, Loughborough, Worksop, Mansfield and Nottingham. The role ensures routine mechanical maintenance and accurate daily updates in Fleetcheck.

Duties include repairing and servicing equipment, performing vehicle deep cleans, managing defects and parts stock, and ensuring safety and COSHH compliance.

Qualifications

• Hold a full (manual) valid UK driving licence with less than 6 penalty points.
• Experience using practical and mechanical skills.
• Able to complete vehicle deep cleans to a high standard.
• Positive and professional approach to customers and colleagues.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, including meeting tight deadlines and using own initiative.
• Flexible approach with strong team working skills.
• Drive, determination and motivation to achieve business targets.

Responsibilities

• Repair, service and maintain product/equipment as per the manufacturer’s guidelines as required e.g. top up washer fluid, oil change, change bulbs and wipers.
• Schedule and perform vehicle deep cleans to a high standard, completing all supporting documentation.
• Ensure any vehicle defects are promptly cleared and supporting documentation is completed.
• Ensure adequate supply of basic spare parts are available and maintained within the contract and any defects reported as per the defect process.
• Work safely, ensuring Health and Safety and COSHH regulations are adhered to.
• Advise Fleet management team where a product cannot be successfully repaired to a safe standard.
• Report equipment that had been involved in an incident, to the Fleet management team.
• Ensure all vehicles for disposal are de-kitted before collection and a log of all equipment has been taken.

Skills

Driving licence

Mechanical skills

Vehicle deep cleans

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Ambulance Fleet Assistant (AFA) to join our team based in Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire.

This is a regional role and covers our bases in Thurmaston, Kibworth, Loughborough, Worksop, Mansfield and Nottingham. Fuel expenses are covered between sites.

The AFA position is to ensure full compliance of routine scheduled mechanical, ancillary equipment at all times. You will ensure reported defects are rectified in a timely manner whilst ensuring the fleet management system (Fleetcheck) is updated daily to reflect maintenance events that have been completed.

The role will manage VOR (vehicle off road) and update daily, ensure defects are cleared with supporting documentation uploaded. Cover scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance and repairs in an efficient and effective manner. Control parts stock levels ensuring these are replenished as used.

| Full Time | 37.5 hours per week | Monday to Friday | £12.71 per hour |

What benefits can you expect?

• Life Assurance – providing colleagues and their family financial peace of mind and protection to the value of £5,000.
• Company sick pay covering full salary for 20 days after 2 years’ service.
• 24/7 online/telephone GP Consultation and access to prescriptions.
• 2nd opinion medical support following diagnosis or where a colleague is on a treatment pathway.
• Hospital cash plan benefits with sickness protection scheme.
• Cash-plan benefits, providing colleagues the option of protecting themselves in case of illness and recuperation, including dental, optical, chiropody.
• Access to mental health consultations.
• Access to physiotherapy consultations.
• Access to legal advice on domestic issues e.g. motoring offences, wills and probate, and personal injury.
• Financial guidance re retirement planning, tax savings and state benefits.
• Long Service Recognition Scheme – recognising colleagues for their continued service after 5 years and at 5-year intervals with an increase in annual leave.
• Values-based Internal Recognition Scheme with financial reward, which will lead to an annual recognition event.
• Refer a Friend recruitment incentive scheme with financial rewards.
• The EMED foundation, to provide support to colleagues and our local communities.
• Pension Scheme.
• Blue Light Card.
• Uniform provided.
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) to support a range of health and wellbeing requirements.
• Flu vaccination (through an internal campaign in Autumn/Winter).

Duties include:

• To repair, service and maintain product/equipment as per the manufacturer’s guidelines as required e.g. top up washer fluid, oil change, change bulbs and wipers.
• Schedule and perform vehicle deep cleans to a high standard, completing all supporting documentation.
• Ensure any vehicle defects are promptly cleared and supporting documentation is completed.
• Ensure adequate supply of basic spare parts are available and maintained within the contract and any defects reported as per the defect process.
• Work safely, ensuring Health and Safety and COSHH regulations are adhered to.
• Advise Fleet management team where a product cannot be successfully repaired to a safe standard.
• Report equipment that had been involved in an incident, to the Fleet management team.
• Ensure all vehicles for disposal are de-kitted before collection and a log of all equipment has been taken.

To be considered as an AFA, you need to:

• Hold a full (manual) valid UK driving licence with less than 6 penalty points.
• Have experience of using practical and mechanical skills.
• Be able to complete vehicle deep cleans to a high standard.
• Always demonstrate a positive and professional approach to customers and colleagues.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, including ability to work to tight deadlines and to act on own initiative.
• Demonstrate a flexible approach with strong team working skills.
• Demonstrate drive, determination, and motivation to achieve business targets.

Our Values

Collaborative – we work as one team with a shared purpose to meet the needs of our patients, passengers, colleagues, customers, communities, and the planet.
Agile – We listen, learn and adapt to improve the business, each other, and ourselves.
Reliable – We do what we say we will do, we take responsibility and we behave with integrity.
Empowered – We are confident and committed to taking responsibility to deliver the highest quality service.

About Us

EMED Group is an established healthcare logistics provider that enables access to health and social care through our four specialist divisions. We are one of the largest health and care partners to the NHS with 4,000 colleagues across over 60 bases UK-wide. EMED Group is committed to pro-actively improving the wellbeing of our communities by providing access to vital health and social care services across the UK.

EMED Group are committed to providing equal opportunities and we endeavour to provide an inclusive and safe working culture for all.